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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1952)
‘Duc6'07'mic6& By Hal Childs As Hie 1952 Northern Division basketball season comes to a conclusion it is evident that sonic of the hoys who have per forme dfor their respective teams stood out more than others. 1 hese outstanding performers deserve some recognition fori their line work during the past year, and so we have selected a 1952 all-Xorthern Division team. In this present clay of basketball any team needs at least one big man if that squad is to have any hope of a successful season, and this dream outfit of ours is no exception. For the front line we offer BOB HOUBREGS and FRANK GUISNESS, both of the champion Washington Huskies, and BOB PETERSON, i who played a big part in Oregon’s fight for a spot high up in Northern Division standings. Houbregs—Hook Shot Wizard Houbregs rank as one of the finest players to perform in the Northern Division in the last ten years. With two games left to play against Washington State this week-end he is danger ously close to setting a new Northern Division season scoring > record. If Bob does set a new league standard he will do it . . despite missing three games early in the season. • The lanky six-foot, eight-inch Washington pivot man has one of the best, if not the best, book shots in the country. In addi tion to his amazing hook Houbregs is also an excellent shot from out, and fakes very well to get layins and close shots. The big boy’s backboard play is very fine, and he picks up a; good many points on tipins. Called by one coach the ccpial of George Mikan it seems likely that Houbregs, with one more .' ear of competition left, v\ iU be placed on the all-time Northern Division team. And Then There is Pete Peterson, one of the nations leading rebounders, could not be overlooked on anybody's all .-.tar team. Pete is tin* loop's best backboard man, and is just as well versed in the other plwc-c-* of the game. His rebounding i< almost unbelievable. I’eterson is aggresive, has great bauds, is possessed of split second timing, and always gets position. Offensively he is a constant threat. The Ducks’ six-foot, five-inch junior forward has a variety of shots and is just as good a shot left-handed as he is right-handed. Unfortunately he isn t fed like the other big men, Houbregs, Kruger, ami Rob er-. in the league or he would probably come close to winning the Northern Division scoring crown. Despite the fact that he has to work for every shot he takes, Pete still maintains a ten-point per game average. Many of Peterson's baskets come on tipins, and layins after stealing the ball from some unwary opponent. Not only is his rebounding and shooting excellent, but he is a very fine floor man and an exceedingly strong defensive operator. I he other member of the forward line. Ciiiisness, is the Nor thern Division's smoothest player, and the loop’s top floor man. Playing in a system where the big man does most of the scor ing. Clutsness still stands out by dint of his great playmaking * and his almost uncanny defensive play. brank, a six-foot, three-inch senior from Vancouver, Wash., although not the key scoring man this year still checks in with some 10 or 15 points a night, lie is one of those fellows who plays his best in the clutch, and seems to thrive on playing under pressure. Considered to be the best driver in the league this springy-legged, handsome kid is a capable shot from close in or from far out. McCutchen and Hunt at Guards At the guards we selected a pair of fine playmakers and top defensive men, MIKE MC Cl’TCIIKX, Washington’s cool floor leader, and KEN HUNT, Oregon’s hard-driving, sharp shooting captain. McCutchen ranks right behind Guisness as a floor man. When he is teamed with Frank, the Huskies have a pair of de fensive slickers who arc mighty hard to top. McCutchen’s de fesive play is practically flawless. Mike is also a very fine plav maker and a cool-headed lad who is always at the right place at the right time. An excellent shot, he had little chance to display his ability with apair of top-flight pointmakes like Guisness and Houbregs on the same team. He made the points when needed, however, and wound up with one of the loop’s better shooting percentages. In addition to his other talents, this six-foot, two inch junior proved to be a valuable rebounder. Hunt, at this writing, tops the Webfoots in the points col umn besides leading the league in assists. Ken is an excellent shot, specializing in one hand push-shots from outside the key or from the corner, lie also drives very well and picks up many field goals on driving layins. Picked on the second team were Duane Enochs, Washington, and Eric Roberts, Washington State, at forwards; Hartley » Kruger, Idaho, at center; and Joe Cipriano, Washington, and Danny Johnston, Oregon State, at guards. Final OSC Tilts Face Duck Five Th«• much-traveled and weary Oregon basketball team returns to the friendly Willamette Valley thia weekend for ita final aeries of the year, the traditional tilts with the Oregon State Beavers, In games played earlier thia | year, the Ducks made a clean | sweep of the two contests, seizing the first tilt, which was played at Corvallis, by a 57-44 margin. In j the second game, the Beavers showed a little more fight than on the previous evening, but still fell ' to the rampaging Webfoots by a 55-64 count. Tile question to lie posed this weekend Is, “Will the dean of Northern Division basketball, .Slats Gill, come up with a solution to the Duck offense, or will will Borcher, Oregon’s young mentor again sweep the series from OSC?" ' Social Calendar Social activities for the week In clude: Today Dinners: Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma Chi Psi and Alpha Phi Dances: Yeomen and Orides radio dance Friday WHA Carnival Saturday Dances: Phi Sigma Kappa Phi Kappa Sigma Firesides: Sherry Ross and Omega Zeta Tau Alpha Phi Gamma Delta Sunday Alpha Delta Pi preference din ner. Kurt Frey to Talk In SU Tuesday On WSSF Drive Kurt Frey, executive (secretary of Studentenwerk, German wel fare organization for students, vll speak at an assembly March 9 at 1 p.m. in the Student Union in be half of the World Students Service Fund drive. Frey, who was director of 9tu dentenwerk at Kiel, Germany, be fore being appointed to the peet tion of national director of tile movement, rebuilt and reorganised the bombed-out shell of the Chrta tian-Albrechts Haus, a student JU*s ing center. An informal coffee hour will fat low the assembly where questiow about the German student organi zation will be answered. 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